Best Shoujo Manga and Josei Manga featuring a forbidden or taboo relationship.
Name: Gakkou Hotel (School Hotel)
Manga-ka: Morie, Satoshi
Volumes: 2 (Complete)
Licensed: No
Scanlations: V.02 Ch.07 (Complete)
Scanlator: Midnight Scans and Intercross
Type: Manga
Genre: Drama/Comedy
Age Group: Everyone
Summary: Welcome to the School Hotel, where the people who can’t show their true self at the afternoon school, can be themselves. One day, Tenno Toriko, a highly intelligent student at Kenrin High School was invited to the School Hotel…?
Graphics Rating: 4/5
Plot Rating: 4/5
Name: Koi Suta
Manga-ka: Yuuhi Ryuu
Volumes: 1 (Complete)
Licensed: No
Scanlations: V.01 Ch.06 (Complete)
Scanlator: 4 Different Groups
Type: Manga
Genre: Drama/Sports
Age Group: Teen
Summary: Shizuku has a unrequited love for Ichinomiya-sensei. But since Ichinomiya-sensei is her sister’s boyfriend, it’s a love that definitely won’t come true… She’s trying hard to quickly find a new love, and she’s been rushing to search for her soul mate within 10 years! When she went out searching for that fated person, she had a horrible meeting with Hatori from her club.
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Graphics Rating: 3/5
Plot Rating: 3/5
Name: Himitsu no Ai-chan
Manga-ka: Kaori
Volumes: 15 (Complete)
Licensed: No
Scanlations: V.05 Ch.19 (Hiatus – Feb 2021)
Scanlator: Jshoujo Scans
Type: Manga
Genre: Comedy/Drama/Smut
Age Group: Teen
Summary: Reo is tomboy Aiko’s rival, and Ai strives to beat him in everything – like basketball and popularity – but her efforts always fail with Reo always coming out on top. Then one day, she sees her break come through: her brother offers her a job at his maid cafe! But how will tomboy Ai ever be able to pass off as a cute maid? With a wig and a bit of makeup, this becomes possible. She’s so much of a different person, even Reo doesn’t recognize her! But things start becoming strange when Reo shows interest in her, asking out “Mai” on a date. Ai agrees, with plans in mind to get him to fall in love with her so she can later dump him. Will Ai finally win over Reo, or will her plan backfire just like her many others?
-From Mangaupdates
Graphics Rating: 5/5
Plot Rating: 4/5
Name: Lovey Dovey
Manga-ka: Oda, Aya
Volumes: 5 (Complete)
Licensed: No
Scanlations: V.05 Ch.29 (Complete)
Scanlator: Midnight Scanlations and Covenant of Darkness
Type: Manga
Genre: Comedy/Smut
Age Group: Teen
Summary: For 10 years Saika has done everything she can to get close to her love Keishi. She followed him to the same high school, joined the same committees, and even changed her outward personality to become the right match for Keishi. One day, looking for Keishi in the special section of the school, she runs into the school’s trouble-maker Kirisaki Shin. As he begins to bully her, her true personality comes out: loud-mouthed and violent. To her dismay, Kirisaki decides that he likes that kind of girl. Lovey Dovey is the story of Saika’s trials and tribulations in a love triangle at a school where “Love is Prohibited.”
-From Mangaupdates
Graphics Rating: 4/5
Plot Rating: 4/5
Name: Shinigami Lovers
Manga-ka: Yuuki, Ryou
Volumes: 2 (Complete)
Licensed: No
Scanlations: V.02 Ch.12 (Complete)
Scanlator: Starry Heaven
Type: Manga
Genre: Drama/Fantasy/Supernatural
Age Group: Teen
Summary: Onda Miku was just a regular high school girl who loves nails. But suddenly, she got into a terrible accident, and the shinigami (death god) Sei fastened his chain of death onto her wrist! Sei may be hot, but he is a bit scary. Being tied together with him, just what kind of fate awaits Miku!?
-From Mangaupdates
Graphics Rating: 4/5
Plot Rating: 4/5